Improvement in bottle-washers



E. C. TURIBEVILLL BOTTLE-WASHER.

No. 189,669. PatentedApfil 17, 1877.

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NvPETERS. FNOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON, D C

UNITED STATES PATE'I Grrron.

EWING CLAY TURBEVILLE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HISRIGHT TO GEORGE S. SHRYOOK, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-WASHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,669, dated April17, 1877; application filed February 28, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EWING CLAY TURBE- VILLE, of St. Louis, county of St.Louis, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Bottle-Washers, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figurel represents a perspective view, giving an insight into theinterior by the breaking out of one corner of the watertrunk, myspecific improvement being therein shown in the arrangement of thesponge-boards c c. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, showing itsposition in the tank wherein it is placed when arranged for operation.The hollow space 11. a, between the double watertrunk, to be kept fullof water from pipe (1, is also shown. Figs. 3 and 4 represent in planviews my manner of accommodating the sponge -,boards in the watertrunkto the forms of various-shaped bottles, either oval, oblong, six-sided,or fluted.

The object of my invention is to make more perfect and effective theapparatus used for washing new or returned bottles. I accomplish thismost perfectly by arranging thin boards around each of the four interiorsides of a. bottle-washing trunk. To these boards I attach sponges,which I sew to the boards with copper or other Wire. The sponges, whenfilled with water, occupy so much of the interior space that if a bottleis inserted neck downward between the sponges, and at the same time itsneck caused to enter the nozzlecup 0 to a proper distance, the conjointaction of the sponges and the uptlow of the water ,stream of water fromthe street-pipes is conveyed through the pipe E to the branch pipes atand d. The pipe (1, by its two goose-necks, conveys one portion of thewater used under the bottom and up into the trunk. The other portionpasses onward into the space between the inner and outer skins of theexternally tight Water-trunk A. The inner skin of the water-trunk hasmany perforations, through which the water filling the space nisintended to pass to the interior of the trunk, which it fills. Whenwashing operations commence it is necessary to turn the cock F, Fig. 1.The sponge-boards are separated from contact with the inner skin of thewater-trunk by the wires that are used wherewith to sew the sponges tothe boards. The water admitted by the pipe (1 serves to suppress thevertical jet from the nozzle 0, which otherwise, when the bottle waswithdrawn, would spout to the ceiling or roof of the room. The bottle,when pressed down through the sponges, on reaching the bell-mouthed cup0, is guided by it precisely over the nozzle 0. This nozzle ischangeable in length to suit the varying lengths of bottle-necks. Thenozzle passes into the bottle so far as to allow its orifice always toslightly reach above the contraction of the neck.

When the bottle is pressed down amid the sponges the jet from thenozzle-orifice is driven with great force against the bottom and downthe inside of the bottle, most effectually removing all dirt or adheringmatters excepting grease; while, by the upward rush of the water and therubbing or scouring action of the sponges, the outside of the bottle iswell cleaned. The guide-cup O is so large that the water passing outfrom the bottle is unobstructed.

So effective is the application of the sponges to outside cleaning thatat a single handling ofa bottle it is washed inside and out, saving oneof the handlings of the ordinary methods, and permitting the completewashing of nearly ten thousand bottles per day.

I will illustrate the apparatus more in detail by referring to theaccompanying drawings, wherein the respective parts are shown bycorresponding letters in each figure.

A is the double water-trunk, of metal or wood, which is thus formedhollow between its sides. a a are sponges, which are wiresewed to thinboards fitting inside of the trunk; B, tank in which the water-trunk isplaced; b b, drain -holes for emptying the trunk when work is closed; bI), arrangement for small or irregular-shaped bottles; l, bell-mouthedguide-cup, to direct the bottie-neck over the nozzle; 0 c, overflows forwastewater, also as conveniences in withdrawing the bottle; d, branchpipe leading under water-trunk to nozzle 0; d, another branch pipeleading to hollow water-space in water-trunk; E, supply-pipe leadingfrom street-main F, faucets to regulate water-supply; e e,sponge-boards; iiz't', perforations in inner skin of water-trunk, toadmit water from hollow water-space n; m m, manner of sewing the spongesto the boards; at n, hollow spaces to permit the water from pipe d toinclose and fill the trunk, its intent being to suppress the nozzle-jetwhile the bottles are being changed; 0, nozzle through which water isinjected into the bottle under full by drant-pressure.

I am aware that a nozzle-jet and a counterstream have long been used forbottle-washing in a water-trunk.

I claim as my invention A bottle-washer consisting, essentially, of adoublewalled compartment, having the spaces a it between the wallsthereof, the pipes at d, nozzle 0, perforations 'i i, and sponges a a,fastened by wires m to thin boards 0 c, all substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

EWING CLAY TURBEVILLE.

Witnesses ALEX. J. THOMSON, JOSEPH E. WARE.

